Shackleton–Rowett Expedition
The Shackleton–Rowett Expedition was Sir Ernest Shackleton’s last Antarctic project, and the final episode in the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. The venture, financed by John Quiller Rowett, is sometimes referred to as the Quest Expedition after its ship Quest, a converted Norwegian sealer. Quest, smaller than any recent Antarctic exploration vessel, soon proved inadequate for its task, and progress...